Shoddy Springs (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Jefferson County, Montana (46.0° N, 112.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 102.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Climbing Arrow Formation, Duchesnean (39.7 - 37.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. C. Black. 1967. Middle and Late Eocene Mammal Communities: A Major Discrepancy. Science 156(3771):62-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16854: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sholemi3 Krishtalka 1979 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Heteraletes leotanus1 Peterson 1932 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Domnina sp. Cope 1873 shrew
 Soricomorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon kuenzii4 Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental
C. "chadronensis" of Lillegraven et al. 1981
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent
 Rodentia - Paramyidae
Paramyidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Cylindrodontidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Mytonolagus sp.2 Burke 1934 rabbit
 Placentalia -
Dermoptera indet. Illinger 1811 colugo
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus lovei5 Sloan 1966 multituberculate
Scenopagus
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Scenopagus sp. McKenna and Simpson 1959